Assigning sourcing to a material

In Infor Fashion PLM, you can identify a sourcing location or multiple sourcing locations of a material.

Before assigning sourcing to a material, you must first define sourcing locations and materials.

See Defining sourcing locations.

See Creating materials.

  1. From the main menu, open the Sourcing panel and dock it to any side of the main window.
  2. From the Sourcing panel, drag and drop a sourcing record to a material record in the Material panel.

    To assign multiple sourcing records to a material simultaneously, select two or more sourcing records while pressing Ctrl on your keyboard. Drag and drop the sourcing records to a material record in the Material panel.

  3. To view assigned suppliers to a material, open the material item and click the Material/Sourcing icon on the sidebar or right click a material record on the Material panel and select Sourcing.
    Note: You can also assign sourcing to a material by dragging and dropping a sourcing record to the Material/Sourcing pane of a material item.
  4. Optionally, to set the preferred/main supplier for a material item, right-click a supplier in the Material/Sourcing pane and select Set as Main Supplier.
    Note: You can also set the Preferred/Main Supplier on the Overview tab of the material details page under Main Sourcing Information section.
  5. Optionally, to enable a supplier to view details of the material item in Partner Collaboration, select the Share to Partner check box in the Material/Sourcing pane.